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Young German Girl in the 1920s
07/23/2024

Young German Girl in the 1920s

1929 - Young lad all dressed up
07/13/2024

1929 - Young lad all dressed up

1936 - Siblings in Ohio
06/30/2024

1936 - Siblings in Ohio

Cliff House in San Francisco, California, prior to being destroyed by fire in 1907. ...
06/30/2024

Cliff House in San Francisco, California, prior to being destroyed by fire in 1907.

1929 - 230 Park Avenue, the NY Central Building, nearing completion. Previously the area north of Grand Central was an o...
06/29/2024

1929 - 230 Park Avenue, the NY Central Building, nearing completion.

Previously the area north of Grand Central was an open air rail yard. With the burying of the tracks underground, and most of the buildings today were built over the tracks, in a project known as Terminal City. 230 Park was the last major addition to the project.

It was renamed the New York General Building in 1958 and the Helmsley Building in 1978, though ownership was changed several times afterward. The building’s facade and lobby became New York City designated landmarks in 1987.

American soldier (doughboy) departing for World War 1 in 1917
06/28/2024

American soldier (doughboy) departing for World War 1 in 1917

The Bishop’s Palace, also known as Gresham’s Castle, is an ornate 19,082 square feet (1,772.8 m2) Victorian-style house,...
06/28/2024

The Bishop’s Palace, also known as Gresham’s Castle, is an ornate 19,082 square feet (1,772.8 m2) Victorian-style house, located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas.

The Gresham mansion was made all of stone, and was sturdy enough to withstand the great hurricane of 1900. The Greshams welcomed hundreds of survivors of the hurricane into their home.

The house was built between 1887 and 1893 by Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton for lawyer and politician Walter Gresham, his wife Josephine, and their nine children.

A beach in Iran a few months before the Islamic Revolution. 1978/79.
06/22/2024

A beach in Iran a few months before the Islamic Revolution. 1978/79.

A Lipstick Tester From The 1950s. Hired To Test Durability And Color Of Lipstick
06/20/2024

A Lipstick Tester From The 1950s. Hired To Test Durability And Color Of Lipstick

Anne Frank Photographed With Her Sister Margot On The Beach, Zandvoort, 1940
06/20/2024

Anne Frank Photographed With Her Sister Margot On The Beach, Zandvoort, 1940

Serendipitous Summer 1920 England
06/19/2024

Serendipitous Summer 1920 England

1905 - The Postal Telegraph and Home Life Buildings- Broadway, at Murray Street. 256 Broadway was erected for the Home L...
06/19/2024

1905 - The Postal Telegraph and Home Life Buildings- Broadway, at Murray Street.

256 Broadway was erected for the Home Life Insurance Company, while 253 Broadway was erected for the Postal Telegraph Company.

Both buildings were constructed simultaneously between 1892 and 1894. Although 256 Broadway was intended as a 12-story building, it was expanded to 16 stories mid-construction, making it one of the tallest buildings in the city when it was completed.

After the Home Life Company bought 253 Broadway in 1947, the two buildings were joined internally to form a single structure, and became collectively known as the Home Life Building.

The Home Life Company occupied the building until 1985. It was made a New York City designated landmark in 1991.

🌍 😮 Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution.
06/17/2024

🌍 😮 Woman cutting her birthday cake in Iran 1973, 5 years before the Islamic Revolution.

1908 - Trams on the Brooklyn Bridge
06/16/2024

1908 - Trams on the Brooklyn Bridge

1943 - Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village under construction. Completed in 1947 (second pic), Stuyvesant Town–Pete...
06/12/2024

1943 - Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village under construction.

Completed in 1947 (second pic), Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village is a large, post-World War II private residential development on the east side of Manhattan.

The complex consists of 110 red brick apartment buildings on an 80-acre tract stretching from First Avenue to Avenue C, between 14th and 23rd Streets. Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village is split up into two parts: Stuyvesant Town, south of 20th Street, and Peter Cooper Village, north of 20th Street. Together, the two developments contain 11,250 apartments.

The area previously was named Gas House District, for the many gas plants in the area. A poor neighborhood, consisting mainly of four and five story walk ups.

They were named after Peter Stuyvesant, the last director-general of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, whose farm occupied the site in the 17th century. The buildings north of 20th Street are called Peter Cooper Village, named after the 19th century industrialist, inventor and philanthropist Peter Cooper, who founded Cooper Union.

Porcelain coffee set at the factory Mavaleix & Granger, Limoges, ca 1930.
06/12/2024

Porcelain coffee set at the factory Mavaleix & Granger, Limoges, ca 1930.

1905 - The “Spite House,” on 82nd St and Lexington Ave.In 1882, Joseph Richardson built the thin apartment building to s...
06/11/2024

1905 - The “Spite House,” on 82nd St and Lexington Ave.

In 1882, Joseph Richardson built the thin apartment building to spoil the views of his next-door neighbor Henry Sarner. When Sarner was constructing his home, he put in a below-market offer ($1k) on Richardson’s sliver of land. Richardson wanted $5k. When Sarner balked at that offer, he retaliated by constructing his four story, 104 feet (31.7 m) wide and only five feet (1.5 m) deep apartment house.

Both buildings were demolished in 1915 to build the current structure, 129 E 82nd St.

Whitemarsh Hall in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania.The mansion was part of a large estate located on 300 acres (1.2 km2) and owne...
06/10/2024

Whitemarsh Hall in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania.

The mansion was part of a large estate located on 300 acres (1.2 km2) and owned by banking executive Edward T. Stotesbury and his wife, Eva. Designed by the Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer, it was built in 1921 and demolished in 1980. Before its destruction, the mansion was the third-largest private residence in the United States.

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Winston Churchill going down a waterslide in 1934. #history #winstonchurchill #primeminister

Victorian children see a video camera for the first time ever in England, 1901 (colorized)! #history #victorian #firsttime

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1916 - A ride downtown on the Sixth Avenue El. First stop: 42nd Street. The hippodrome is on the right. Then passed Bryant Park. Finally it stops in Herald Square with Macys on the left.

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